M48 - Open Cluster in Hydra

 
 
 
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M48
 
   
  • RA: 08:13.8
  • Dec: -05:48
  • Magnitude: 5.5
  • Distance: 1500 ly
  • Constellation:  Hydra
  • Scope: Orion ED80 @ f/7
  • Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
  • Sky conditions:  Average seeing and transparency with low in the 20s.
  • Camera: Hap Griffin modified Canon XSi @ 800
  • Exposure:  10 x 2 minutes
  • Date:   March 10, 2011
Comments:  This night was rather cold with a low in the 20s.  M48 was discovered by Charles Messier and added to the catalog on February 19, 1771.  M48 should be a naked-eye object under good conditions. The age of M48 was estimated to be about 300 million years.